Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made it clear that he does not support the call for a special session on gun laws as proposed by several legislators.
Last week State Rep. Joseph Geller, D-Miami-Dade, sent a letter to all state lawmakers and the Florida secretary of state in an attempt to have a special session called to address gun violence.
In order for a special session to be granted, 60% of the lawmakers in the house and senate would have to approve the request. The governor could also issue a proclamation calling for the special session.
On Wednesday, DeSantis responded to the request by noting that Florida has adopted a number laws to address gun violence.
DeSantis said, “What we’ve done in this budget is have record funding, continued record funding for school safety and school security as well as mental health. We’ve done three-quarters of a billion dollars just for school security, just since 2019, so we took the Stoneman Douglas recommendations, we put those into effect in both policy and with resources and it’s made a really, really big difference.”
DeSantis then took a shot at the “leftist.”
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